Nora

Diminutive of Honora or Eleonora, Latin

"honor or meaning unknown"

Nora Origin and Meaning

The name Nora is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "honor or meaning unknown".

Nora is a lovely, refined name that conjures up images of Belle Epoch ladies in fur-trimmed coats skating in Central Park. Long seen as a quintessentially Irish name though its roots are not in Ireland, Nora is a quietly stylish favorite that's tiptoed to the top of the popularity ladder.

Nora has two separate origin stories, as a derivative of both Honora and Eleanor. The Irish and Anglo-Norman version derives from Honora, based on the Latin word honor. The Hungarians spawned Nora as a short form of Eleonora, a variation of Eleanor.

One of Nora's most prominent contemporary namesakes is the late witty writer Nora Ephron. Other notable Noras are the independent Ibsen heroine of A Doll's House, and the female half of the witty Nick and Nora Charles duo, adding up to a most desirable choice.

It can also be spelled Norah, as in Norah Jones.

Nora Rank in US Top 1000

# 25 in the US

Nora Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 24 on Nameberry

Nora Popularity

• 25 US 2023
• 24 Nameberry 2024
• 17 Canada 2023
• 18 Future 2028
• 124 England 2021
• 157 Scotland 2023
• 97 Ireland 2023
• 69 Australia 2023
• 86 France 2023
• 34 Germany 2023
• 6 Netherlands 2023
• 46 Spain 2022
• 37 Sweden 2022
• 6 Norway 2023
• 14 Denmark 2023
• 11 Belgium 2023
• 9 Switzerland 2023
• 21 Austria 2023
• 84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 32 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Nora

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Nora.

• Cora
• Eleanor
• Clara
• Charlotte
• Amelia
• Alice
• Hazel
• Audrey
• Stella
• Evelyn
• Lucy
• Claire
• Ivy
• Eloise
• Eliza
• Willa
• Jane
• Adelaide
• Iris
• Violet

Famous People Named Nora

• Nora Fatehi Indian Actress and Dancer
• Nora Ephron American film director/producer
• Eleanor Marie "Nora" Roberts American novelist
• Nora Louise Kuzma birth name of American actress Traci Lords
• Nora Eddington American actress; wife of actor Errol Flynn
• Nora Istrefi Albanian Kosovar singer
• Nora Alicia Oritz Salinas Mexican actress
• Nora Miao Hong Kong actress
• Nora Connolly O'Brien Irish author and Senator
• Nora Barnacle wife and muse of novelist James Joyce
• Nora Lee Guthrie daughter of singer Woody Guthrie
• Nora Arnezeder French actress
• Nora Jansen inspiration for Alex Vause on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
• Nora Lum aka Awkwafina American rapper
• Nora Angela Zehetner American actress
• Nora Volkow Mexican,American psychiatrist; great,granddaughter of Soviet leader Leon Trotsky
• Nora Aunor (born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor) Filipina actress
• Nora Kirkpatrick American actress and musician
• Nora Eloise Dunn American actress/comedienne
• Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti "Nora " Princess of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marquesa de Mariño
• Nora Hewitt makeup artist and winner of Season 9 of "Face Off"
• Nora Ellis (b. 2004) daughter of actor Tom Ellis
• Nora Edman (b. 2008) daughter of footballer Erik Edman
• Nora Torres (b. 2009) daughter of Spanish footballer Fernando Torres
• Nora Kara Kennedy (b. 2013) daughter of American politician Patrick Kennedy
• Nora Holroyd (b. 2015) daughter of actors Allison Munn and Scott Holroyd
• Nora Elizabeth Egan (b. 2016) daughter of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
• Nora Anne Quoirin British Irish,French schoolgirl that disappeared from hotel and found dead n Malaysia

Nora in Pop Culture

• Nora Allen character in DC Universe
• Nora Fries character in DC Universe
• Nora Arnold character in Enid Blyton's Secret Series
• Nora Baker eldest child in the "Cheaper by the Dozen" films
• Nora Braverman character on TV's "Parenthood"
• Nora Charles main character in "The Thin Man" movies
• Nora Clark character in movie "Step Up"
• Nora Clayton character on TV's "Revolution"
• Nora Dearly character in "Dearly, Departed" series by Lia Habel
• Nora Durst character on TV series "The Leftovers"
• Nora Estheim minor character in video game "Final Fantasy XIII"
• Nora Gainesborough character on TV series 'True Blood'
• Nora Graham character in "Ballet Teacher" by Lee Wyndham
• Nora Grey character in the "Hush Hush" saga by Becca Fitzpatrick
• Nora Helmer character in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
• Nora Montgomery character on TV's "American Horror Story"
• Nora Sergeant character on TV's "Being Human"
• Nora Thunderman character on animated series "The Thundermans"
• Nora Valkyrie character voiced by Samantha Ireland on web series "RWBY"
• Nora Walker main character on TV's "Brothers and Sisters"
• Nora Hildegard character on TV series "The Vampire Diaries"
• Nora character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Nora character in the anime "Noragami"
• Nora character in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
• Nora character in novel "The Nest"
• Nora Martinez character in film "The Strain"
• The Nora a society in the video game "Horizon Zero Dawn"
• Nora Césaire character in the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir"
• Nora de Laurentis character in The After Series by Anna Todd